Columbia Tech and Quinsigamond Community College: Creating the Future of Robotics Education

Columbia Tech’s Test Engineering Team recently visited Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) to help develop a new Robotics Program with their...

Launching to a Robotics Future

Keith Ruenheck, Principal Software Engineer Keith Ruenheck is a Principal Software Engineer at Columbia Tech. He graduated with an electrical...

Perfection Can Be the Enemy of New Product Development

By Paul Moruzzi, Program Manager When developing a new innovative product, looking for perfection can oftentimes hinder your ability to introduce...

Single Board Computers for Embedded Systems

Keith Ruenheck, Principal Software Engineer The traditional computing platform for embedded systems is a microcontroller. Microcontrollers are...

Managing Expectations in a Complex Contractual Design Services Environment

Stephen Charron, Senior Mechanical Engineer When we are deciding to have work done on our personal property such as a house or car, we want to be...

The Importance of a Structured Phase Gate Process in Product Development

Tom Mofford, Project Manager, Engineering   At Columbia Tech, we understand the dynamic challenges that can come up during any new product...

Working in Manufacturing: A Journey of Perception vs Reality

Craig Thompson, Engineering Technician Supervisor I started my journey with Columbia Tech and the Coghlin Companies as part of an acquisition 10...

Coghlin Companies Engineer Volunteers for STEM Event

Author: Rich Strazdas, Senior Software Engineer Every March, for the last ten years, the Boy Scouts Council covering the greater Lowell area has...

Columbia Tech Introduces Company Sponsored Toastmasters Club

Keith Ruenheck, Principle Software Engineer Recently, Columbia Tech formed and introduced a company sponsored Toastmasters Club, now known as the...

Are Cities of the Future Here Today?

Mitch Mondro, Marketing Intern   Population Shift Drives Opportunities According to the U.N., 54.5 percent of the world’s population...

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Time & Materials vs. Fixed Pricing Models

Time & Materials vs. Fixed Pricing Models

Prepared by Percy Chinoy Director Customer and Business Development DCI Engineering Some time back we needed some new electrical outlets installed in our house.   It was a straightforward well-defined job and we got fixed-price (FP) quotes from two electricians and...

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Beginning, Learning and Improving: ITAR Registration Insight

Beginning, Learning and Improving: ITAR Registration Insight

By Rich Schulman, Vice President of Quality and ITAR Technology Control Officer and Gerry St. Jean, Manager Audits and Training. Columbia Tech has, for the fourth year in a row, successfully obtained ITAR re-registration from the Department of State.  I've been part...

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Columbia Tech Celebrates 20 Years of Service

Columbia Tech Celebrates 20 Years of Service

Twenty years ago, the Coghlin's purchased Greenshaw Electronics in Newton, MA. Within Greenshaw there was a small value-added assembly group. Upon completion of the acquisition, Coghlin Companies focused its training efforts with its newly combined sales force...

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Process Audits: How Many, What Type, and Why?

Process Audits: How Many, What Type, and Why?

As the Columbia Tech Audit Manager I can say with all assuredness, “lots of them”! We perform process audits and “walk-around” audits, internal quality system audits and supplier audits; we are auditing all the time to be sure that we are “saying what we do and doing...

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The Key to Successful Product Launch

The Key to Successful Product Launch

Every project must have a multitude of goals that need to be met in order to successfully launch a product. Typically these goals are not consecutive but run parallel to each other, and most of the time they are competing for the same resources. A juggling act then...

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Crossing the New Product Development Chasm

Crossing the New Product Development Chasm

In his classic book “Crossing the Chasm” (Harper Collins, 1991), Geoffrey Moore discusses the challenges in bridging the gap between the early adopters of innovative technologies and the early majority. While visionary customers are generally receptive to a cool new...

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Working With DCI Engineering

Working With DCI Engineering

Working at a client services organization such as DCI is often exhilarating, sometimes exasperating, but always challenging. We wanted to explore creative analogues to the work environment at DCI and asked DCI employees to share their mental images of working at DCI....

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